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title: Identify the animal that attains the greatest speed known in the ani… — Record-breakers: the fastest and the s… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the animal that attains the greatest speed known in the animal kingdom, and the circumstance in which it does so. Exam question 1 of lesson 185 «Record-breakers: the fastest and the slowest» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 1 · Record-breakers: the fastest and the slowest

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Identify the animal that attains the greatest speed known in the animal kingdom, and the circumstance in which it does so.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, animal · **What happens:** identify, attain, know · **To what, where:** animal, greatest speed, animal kingdom

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 185 «Record-breakers: the fastest and the slowest» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:e1:1
# text = Identify the animal that attains the greatest speed known in the animal kingdom, and the circumstance in which it does so.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	attains	attain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	obl	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	appos	_	_
22	so	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the animal |  |  |  | the circumstance *obl* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |
| 2 | **attain** | present | the animal | the greatest speed |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speed=Theme |
| 3 | **know** | participle |  | the greatest speed *not said here* |  | the animal kingdom |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The racehorse, upon a track

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:e1:o1:1
# text = The racehorse, upon a track
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	racehorse	racehorse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	track	track	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The cheetah, during a sustained run of one hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:e1:o2:1
# text = The cheetah, during a sustained run of one hour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cheetah	cheetah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	run	run	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sustain** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **run** |  |  | one hour |  |  |  |  | nom run «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The sailfish, while resting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:e1:o3:1
# text = The sailfish, while resting
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sailfish	sailfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | gerund | the sailfish *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The peregrine falcon, during a dive with wings folded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:e1:o4:1
# text = The peregrine falcon, during a dive with wings folded
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	peregrine	peregrine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	falcon	falcon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dive	dive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	folded	fold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fold** | participle |  | wings *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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